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Benko, Pal, 1928-

Pal Benko: my life, games, and composiions / by Pal Benko and Jeremy Silman;

with an opening survey by John Watson. -- 1st ed.

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1. Benko, Pal, 1928-

2. Chess players--Hungary--Biography.

2. Chess--Collection of games.

I. Silman, Jeremy. II. Watson,John L. III. Title

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o my we Gizela and my children Palma and David.

Foreword by Susan Polgar X11l

Preface by Jeremy Silman xv

Acknowledgements XV1tt

Introduction XIX

PRT OE

Y LIFE D GMES

1 IN THE BEGINNING 3

(1) T Feldman - Benko (Budapest, 1945) 6

(2) Szigeti - Benko (Budapest, 1945) 9

(3) G Barcza - Benko (Hungarian Championship, 1946) 13

(4) Benko - Szilagyi (Hungarian Championship, 1946) 15

2 AFTER THE WR 19

(5) Ta gmann - Benko (Correspondence, 1947) 20

(6) Benko - Lounek (ienna, 1947) 25

(7) F oltys - Benko (Budapest, 1948) 28

(8) Polzer - Benko (Bad Gastein, 1948) 32

(9) Benko - Fister (Hungarian Championship, 1948) 35

(10) Benko - Ragozin (Budapest vs. Moscow Match, Moscow, 1949) 37

(11) Prins - Benko (Hungay vs. Netherlands Match, 1949) 39

(12) Benko - Opocensky (Bucharest, 1949) 43

(13) Benko - Tu ri (Budapest, 1949) 45

3 PROVING MYSELF AT THE MAROCZY MEMORIAL 47

(14) Benko - Dr. Ogaba (Hungarian Championship, 1950) 47

(15) Benko - I Molnar (Hungarian Championship, 1950) 51

(16) Korody - Benko (Budapest, 1951) 53

(17) Szabo - Benko (Hungarian Championship, 1951) 55

(18) Benko - Petrosian (Budapest, 1952) 59

(19) Botvinnik - Benko (Budapest, 1952) 62

(20) Benko - Stahlberg (Budapest, 1952) 64

4 FALL FROM GRACE (THE DARK YEARS) 67

(2 1) G Barcza - Benko (Hungarian Championship, 1954) 71

(22) Benko - luger (Budapest, 1955) 75

(23) Portisch - Benko (Hungarian Championship, 1955) 78

VI I

PAL BENKO: MY LI FE, GAMES AND COMP OSITI ONS

VIII

5 ESCAPE TO FREEDOM! 81

(24) Benko - Giustolisi (Dublin, 1957) 82

6 THE NEW WORLD 85

(25) Benko - Fischer (Portoroz Interzonal, 1958) 89

(26) Benko - Averbach (Portoroz Interzonal, 1958) 92

(27) R Weinstein - Benko (U.S. Championship, 1959) 96

(28) Benko - F Olafsson (Zagreb Candidates To urnament, 1959) 98

(29) Benko - Smyslov (Zagreb Candidates To urnament, 1959) 100

(30) F Olafsson - Benko (Zagreb Candidates To urnament, 1959) 102

(3 1) Benko - Fischer (Buenos Aires, 1960) 106

(32) Benko - Eliskases (Buenos Aires, 1960) 110

(33) Benko - Ta imanov (Buenos Aires, 1960) 113

(34) Uhlmann - Benko (Buenos Aires, 1960) 115

(35) Benko - Reshevsky, 1 st Match game (New Yo rk, 1960) 118

(36) R Byrne - Benko (U.S. Championship, 1960) 120

(37) Benko - Mednis (U.S. Championship, 1961) 123

7 THE HUNT FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 125

128

(38) Benko - German (Stockholm Interzonal, 1962)

(39) Benko - Uhlmann (Stockholm Interzonal, 1962)

(40) Benko - Gligoric (Interzonal Playof, 1962) 135

131

(41) Benko - Fischer (Candidates To urnament Cura�ao, 1962) 138

(42) Benko - Keres (Candidates To urnament Cura�ao, 1962) 142

(43) Benko - Korchnoi (Candidates To urnament Cura�ao, 1962) 145

(44) Benko - Ta l (Candidates To unament Cura�ao, 1962) 151 '

(45) Filip - Benko (Candidates To urnament Cura�ao, 1962) 156

(46) Benko - Darga Varna Olympiad, 1962) 158

(47) Benko - Pachman (Varna Olympiad, 1962) 160

8 A PROFESSIONAL AT LAST 163

(48) Benko - Najdorf (Piatigorsy Cup, 1963) 165

(49) Benko - Panno (Piatigorsky Cup, 1963) 168

9 BACK TO HUNGARY 173

(50) Benko - R Byrne (New Yo rk, 1964) 174

(51) Benko - Bisguier (New Yo rk playof, 1st Game, 1964) 176

(52) Benko - Bisguier (New Yo rk playof, 3rd Game, 1964) 179

(53) Bisguier- Benko (New Yo rk playof, 4th Game, 1964) 181

(54) Benko - Bisguier (New Yo rk playoff, 5th Game, 1964) 183

(55) Benko - Suttles (Boston, 1964) 185

(56) Benko - Matanovic (Belgrade, 1964) 190

(57) Benko - Parma (Belgrade, 1964) 190

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